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The Old Hero of the Sea Expires
Suddenly in Washington.
HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE
A Physician Was Hastily Snmmoned,
but the Brave Spirit Had Passed Away
Ere He Arrived—The Title of Ad-
miral Dies with Him.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Admiral David
D. Porter, who has been in failing health
for some years, died suddenly at 8:15
o’clock Friday morning at his residence in
this city of fatty degeneration of the
heart. Dr. \Vales, the physician attending
Admiral Porter, was hastily summoned to
his bedside when the 'attack came, but the
admiral was dead before he ax‘rived.’ All
of the members of the family were at home
at the time of his death. NO arrangements
have yet been made for the funeral, but
they will probably be placed in charge of
the navy department. Although death
came suddenly, it was not unexpected by
the family.
Almost as long as there has been an
American navy the name of Porter has
been honorably connected with it. Five
generations of the family have gone down
to the sea in ships, and all have acquitted
themselves with bravery. And now, with
the death of David Dixon Porter, the title _
of admiral in the American navy dies, too.
Porter’s Career.
Admiral Porter was born in Chester,
Delaware county, Pa., on June 8, 1813. He
studied in the Co— ' .
lumbian college at
Washington, D.
C., but the tra-
ditions of the fam-
ily were strong
upon him. It was
impossible for the
son of a man who
was a. naval hero ,
of the war of 1812 _
not to turn natu-
rally to the sea.
In 1824 he sailed 1'
with his father on ADMIRAL PORTER.
the .Tohn Adams to suppress piracy in the
West Indies, and was soon afterward ap—
pointed midshipman in the Mexican navy.
He served under his cousin, Capt. David
H. Porter, on the Guerrero for some years,
and on the 2d of February, 1829, entered
the United States navy as midshipman.
After a cruise of some length. in eastern
waters he was appointed to the coast sur-
vey, receiving in 1841 promotion to a lien-
tenancy.
He went on active sea duty again, and in
1846 was sent on a secret mission to Hayti.
During the entire Mexican war Admiral
Porter was in active service. He had
charge of the naval rendezvous at New
Orleans, and was engaged in every action
along the coast as commander of the Spit-
fire. He then returned to the coast survey
after the war, and obtaining a. furlough
commanded mail steamers between New
York and Panama.
A Clever Ruse.
At the opening of the civil war Admiral
Porter was assigned to the Gulf squadron
on the Powhatan. In April,,1861, he was
appointed commander and placed in com-
mand of the mortar fleet, with which he
subsequently joined Farragut below New
Orleans.
He bombarded and reduced Fort Jack-
son and Fort St. Philip, and going up the
river assisted Farragut in the latter’s
operations between New Orleans and
Vicksburg. He successfully bombarded
all the forts, and enabled the fleet to pass
in safety.
An iuter'cstin g incident- in his Operations
was this: The Confederates were repairing
the Ill‘lli‘ll‘lla; which thEy had captured,
when Porter fitted a scow to look like one
of his turtle gunboats, with two canoes for
quarter boats, a smokestack of pork bar-
rels and mud furnaces in which fire was
kindled. This was called the Turreted
Monster and set adrift with no one 2::
board. A tremendous cannonade from the
Confederate batteries failed to stop her,
and the authorities at Vicksburg hast-ily
destroyed the Indianola, while the sup-
posed monitor drifted for an hour amid a
rain of shot before the enemy discovered
the trick.
The Taking of Fort Fisher.
On July of the same year Commander
Porter was ordered with themortar fleet
to Fortress Monroe. There he resigned
charge of it, and as acting rear admiral
was placed in command of the Mississippi
squadron in September. Having consider-
ably strengthened the numbers of the fleet
Admiral Porter joined forces with Gen.
Sherman’s army in the capture of Arkan-
sas Post. This was in January, 1863. Con-
gress. at the time gave him hisfull com—
mission as rear admiral.
The intrepid sailor soon after triumph-
antly ran the gantlct of forts at Vicks—
burg, put himself in' communication with
Gen. Grant and aided materially in the
glorious capture of that place on the 4th
of July, 1863. During the. remainder of
the year Admiral Porter’s squadron was
employed in keeping the Mississippi river
open to unobstructed navigation.
In command of the Atlantic squadron in
1864 he took part in the bombardment of
Fort Fisher at the mouth of Cape Fear
river. Porter receivedthe thanks of con—
gress for this service, the fourth he had
been given during the war. He was made
'vice admiral in 1865, and on Aug. 15, 1870.
was promoted to the rank of admiral of
the navy, which position he has held con-
tinuously ever since.
Admiral Porter is the author of several
books, and was the originator of a peculiar
type Of gunboat of which, however, none
has yet been built.
Left Bis Relatives in the .Lurch.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14.—Raoul, or, as
he was better known, “Dick,” Mandel-
baum is a defaulter, having fled to Aus-
tralia, leaving the liquor firm Of F. Man-
delbaum & Sons short $104,000. The firm
since the father’s death has been conduct-
ed by the widow and two sons, Fiesco and
Dick. Fiesco for several months has been
in Cincinnati, and during this time Dick
has cut, a wide swath here gambling on
stock. Finally, when an exposure could
not be averted, Dick left for Australia;
The chief losers will be relatives of the
family.
Cleveland Seems to Have the Call.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14,—The Herald pub-
lishes the result of inquiry by its report-
ers among Democratic members of the
legislatures of twenty-seven states and
territories as to their preferences for the
next presidency. The summary is: Cleve-
land, 1,515; Hill, 199;_doubtful or Scatter-
ing, 276. ‘ '
A' BRAVE EFFORT.
The Old Hero Still Battling
Nobly Against Death.
A PAINT GLIMMER 0F HOPE
It Is Barely Possible That the Crisis
May Be Past.
If Gen. Sherman Can Hold His Own for
a Day It Is Believed That He Will Be
in a Fair Way to Recover—One Lung
Is Now Entirely Free from Mucus, and
the Symptoms Are Decidedly Encour-
aging.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-—“God grant that he
may be spared to us!” was the heartfelt
ejaculation from nearly every orator at the
Lincoln banquets Thursday night in re-
Eel-ring to Gen. Sherman and his heroic
struggle against an insidious disease.
As if in response to this prayer came
word from the soldier’s sick room Friday
morning that he had passed a fairly good
night, and that the improvement noted in
his condition led his physicians and family
to believe that he had a fighting chance for
recovery after all.
The general’s condition, which took a
turn for the better late Thursday after
noon, remained about the same through-
out the evening. About 11 o’clock, by an-
other exercise of his great will power, he
got out of bed and walked across the room,
although unable to,speak. He had, how-
ever, to be helped back to bed. At 1:15
Friday morning a bulletin was sent out
announcing that he was resting quietly,
and seemed to be somewhat improved.
All the members of the family remained
within call, and one or two remained be-
side the sick bed throughout the early
morning hours. At 3:30 he was sleeping
quietly, and the same report came at 7:45.
He took no nourishment for several hours,
but seemed no worse in consequence.
There was no repetition of those sinking
spells which have so often drawn the mem-
bers of the family about his bedside and
made them fear that the end was near.
Private Secretary Barrett and Dr. Alex-
ander remained at the bedside all night.
Gen. Ewing went to his home, and Dr.
J aneway spent the night at Dr. Green’s
house.
Secretary Barrett, in speaking of the im-
provement in the general’s condition, said
that it had been noticeable since midnight.
He had regularly taken his nourishment
of milk and whisky, and the watchers
found no difficulty with him.-
One Chance in Ten.
“Where his chances were one in‘ a thou-
sand yesterday," said the secretary, “they
are now one in ten, and we have reason
now to entertain some hope.”
Secretary Barrett is deeply affected over
the condition of the general. Yesterday,
when all had given up hOpe, the secretary
would not accept their belief, but clung to
the faint hope which he still held.
Dr. J aneway called at the general’s
house at 8:30 o’clock and remained twenty
minutes. On leaving he would say but
little. He. said the general was holding
his own, and he had been told that he had
passed a quiet night. “Is there any im-
provement in the erysipelas?” the doctor
was asked.
“Yes; there is some improvement,” he
replied.
“Is there any danger from pneumonia?”
“There is always danger from pneu-
monia,” was the reply to this question.
Dr. Alexander issued the following bul-
letin at 9 o’clock: “After consultation the
physicians ,find that the general has lost
nothing during the night.” The state-
ment of the physicians that he has lost
nothing. during the night was considergd
good hows. .ur. Alexander stated that if
the day was passed without a relapse there
would be good chances for his recovery.
The crisis would then be over,- and the
family could have some hope for his ulti-
mate recovery. The patient still suffered
from mucus on the lungs, and the breath-
ing at times was labored.
Callers were constantly arriving. Among '
them were Col. Dan Lamont, Col. VVhit-
ney, Kiliaem Van Rensselaer, Joseph H.
Choate and Gen. Floyd King, of Louisiana.
All came from the house with good news
and gave expression to some hope for his
recovery. A telegram of inquiry was re-
ceived from Gen. Butterfield.
If It Only Keeps Up.
At 10 a. in. both. Dr. Alexander and
Private Secretary Barrett said that if the
present condition of Gen. Sherman con-
tinued throughout the day he had more
than a fair chance of recovery.
At 11 O’clock the following message was
sent to Secretary Proctor, war depart-ment,
W'ashington: “Telegram received. Gen.
Sherman passed a good night. Asthma,
his old disease, is chief trouble. Heart
and lungs are performing their functions.
\Ve are much encouraged and hope for re-
covery. He has every care which love,
sympathy and human skill can render, for
which we are all profoundly grateful.
“J OHN SHERMAN.”
At 12 o’clock no change had been re—
ported in Gen. Sherman’s condition.
1:20 p. m.—-After consultation the physi-
cians say that there has been no change in
the general’s condition since this morning.
The Crisis Passed.
At 1:30 o’clock Gen. Thomas said Gen.
Sherman had passed the crisis. He had
had fourteen hours of undisturbed, rest-
ful repose, and before this he has not had
two hours of as quictatime. One lung
was entirely free and the other was but
partially filled with mucus. No indica—
tions of pneumonia, and the action of
the heart and stomach was good. He was
weak and still in a critical condition, but.
chances for recovery were good.
2:30 p. m.—Gen. Sherman is resting eas-
ily. It is thought that the disease has been
arrested. Outlook is encouraging.
Horsewhipped by His Wife.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.——Carl Hourlitz, a
lawyer with an office in the Opera house
block, and who recently came here from
New York, was cowhided by his wife while
in company with a traveling salesman
named Phillips and two unknown women,
one of whom is supposed to have been
Ethel Towne, who recently became notori-
ous by her trial in Indiana for forgery.
Hourlitz’s wife, drove up in a cab and,
alighting, at once began whipping Hour-
litz over the head and shoulders exclaim-
ing, “80 this is the reason you leave your
I wife and children every night, is it?”
JACK THEEEEER AGAIN
Another Victim Added to the Fiend’s
List of Victim's.
THE NINTH UN FORTUNATE.
As in All the other Cases the Butchered
Creature Was One of the Abandoned
Women of the Whitechapel
Slums—An Arrest Made.
LONDON, Feb. 14.—A woman whose al-
most decapitated body was discovered in
the W'hitechapel district at an early hour
Friday morning, with a wound in the back
of the nearly severed head, appears to have
been about 25 years of age. The scene of
the awful affair is a. dark, gloomy archway
known as “Swallows’ gardens,” which
forms a passageway from Little Mint street
into Chambers street. The archway is
frequented as a. thoroughfare by railway
employes and stablemen who work in the
adjoining streets.
Notwithstanding the fact that at the
time of the murder many of the workmen
must have been within hearing of a. cry of
distress, no alarm was heard by any per-
son, so far as the police have been able to
ascertain. .
His Usual Victim.
The general appearance of the woman
and the style of her clothes, which were of
fair quality and lay in an orderly fashion
about her, indicate that in life she had be—
longed to the class of. abandoned women.
Her hair was in an untidy condition. The
police believe that the woman was mur-
dered while standing talking to her assail-
ant, and that the “Ripper” had no time to
inflict the peculiar mutilations which have
heretofore characterized his savage butch-
eries. Approaching footsteps, they think,
caused him to take to flight.
When the body arrived at the White—'
chapel mortuary the blood was found to
bestill warm. As soon as the body was
discovered the police immediately cleared
away the bloodstains in the hope of re-
straining the sinister curiosity of the rap-
idly gathering crowd. A wooden cross
having,.however, been carved in the near
woodwork to mark the spot, enormous
numbers of the people are flocking to the
dim archway.
An Arrest Made.
The police authorities are without any
clew, and seem to be be as hopelessly and
helplessly mystified in this instance as they
have shown themselves to be in the long
list of similar horrors which have preceded
it. A railway man has been found who
states that as he passed through Swallows
Gardens just before the, murder he saw
the victim standing in the archway en-
gaged in conversation with a. man who
had the appearance of being a foreign sea-
man.
The constable who was the first to ar—
rive at the scene of the crime reported to
his superior officer that when he discov-
ered the body, in addition to the‘nervous
twitching of the lips and rolling of the
eyes, the woman’s limbs were moving.
It has been learned that the unfortu-
nate victim of Friday’s early morning
Whitechapel atrocity was a woman of the
pavements, known as “Carroty Nell.”
Later—A man has been arrested on sus-
picion of having murdered her, who, while
miserably clad, is of refined appearance.
No bloodstains were found on him. He is
held for examination.
The Previous Victims.
The following are the names of the eight
women who have been murdered in the
East End of London since Christmas, 1887:
ChrE .tmas week, 1887~An unknown
woman found murdered near Osborne and
VVentv'ort-h streets, Whitechapel.
Aug. 7, 1888—Martha Turner found
stabbed in thirty-nine places on a landing
in model dwellings known as George Yard
buildings, Commercial street, Spitalfields.
Aug. 31—Mrs. Nicholls, murdered and
mutilated in Buck’s row, W'hitechapel.
Sept. T—Mrs. Chapman, murdered and
mutilated in Hanbury street, ‘Vhitechapgl,
Sept. m—Ellzabetl‘. Etude, fauna \ch
nertnroai out in Ber‘ner street, White-
chapel. ,
Sept. 3o.=Mr-§. Eddeweg, fillii‘Sered and
mutilated in Mitre square, Aldgatc;
Nev. o—Mary Jane Kelly. murdered and
mutilated in Dorset street, Spitalfields.
July 17, 1889—W'oman murdered in Castle
alley, VVhitechapel.
The Pun-Republic Congress.
New YORK, Feb. 14.—Thc executive com-
mittee of the Pan—Republic congress, of
which Col. Ethan Allen, Of New York, is
chairman, will recommend to the general
committee at its meeting on April 10, in
\Vashingtou, -D. C., that the sessions of
the Pan-Republic congress be held every
three or five years, the first meeting to
take' place in some city of the United
Stat-es in 1893; the second meeting three or
five years later at Paris. France: the third
at Rio J aneiro, Brazil; the fourth in Berne,
Switzerland. The committee will also
recommend that before the congress ad-
journs it shall appoint an executive com-
mittee to continue during the adjourn-
ment, representing the congress. and with
power to call a special meeting‘if any
great emergency should arise in the his-
tory of the world to warrant it.
A New Ball League.
SYRACL'SE, N. Y., Feb. 14.—A meeting is
being held here for the purpose of forming
a league of baseball clubs. Just what
cities will comprise the circuit is not yet
known. Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, To—
ronto, New Haven, Newark, N. J ., “'orces—
ter, Mass, and Providence, R. 1., are rep-
resented. A formal application will also
be made by Bay City, Mich. It is not like-
ly, however, that it will be considered.
The probabilities are that a league made
up of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse. Troy,
Albany, New Haven, Providence, “'orces-
ter, and either Toronto Or Newark will be
formed.
The Strain Has Turned Her blind.
HAZLETON, Pa, Feb. 14.-The pumping
out of the flooded mine at Jeanesville is
progressing rapidly. It is expected that
in a week’s time the slope will be dry, and
preparations are being made to take care
of the bodies of the men when they are
reached, and to give them prompt burial.
The mind of the wife of one of the victims
has given way under'the terrible strain.
Her conduct, while not violent, excites
much pity.
A Missing Man Returns.
PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 14.-William W.
Evans, superintendent of the Grant Loco-
motive works, who so mysteriously disap
about two weeks ago, returned to
his home early Friday morning. He re«
fuses to give any account of his actions,
and merely says he has been on a business
trip, and there was not the slightest cause ‘
for any. apprehension.
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